CVE-2026-42271
Published 2026-05-08 · Updated 2026-10-26 · Source security-advisories@github.com
Summary
CVE-2026-42271 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in BerriAI LiteLLM. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 8, 2026, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 22, 2026. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. BerriAI has 3 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 3 known-exploited BerriAI vulnerabilities →Description
LiteLLM is a proxy server (AI Gateway) to call LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format. From version 1.74.2 to before version 1.83.7, two endpoints used to preview an MCP server before saving it — POST /mcp-rest/test/connection and POST /mcp-rest/test/tools/list — accepted a full server configuration in the request body, including the command, args, and env fields used by the stdio transport. When called with a stdio configuration, the endpoints attempted to connect, which spawned the supplied command as a subprocess on the proxy host with the privileges of the proxy process. The endpoints were gated only by a valid proxy API key, with no role check. Any authenticated user — including holders of low-privilege internal-user keys — could therefore run arbitrary commands on the host. This issue has been patched in version 1.83.7.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: BerriAI — LiteLLM
Name: BerriAI LiteLLM Command Injection Vulnerability
Date added: 2026-06-08 · Due: 2026-06-22
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
References
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/releases/tag/v1.83.7-stable
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/security/advisories/GHSA-v4p8-mg3p-g94g
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27784
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28960
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30056
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42271
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467924
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42271.json

